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January 11, 2013

Keeping N.C. the least unionized state

At the opening of the 2013 legislative session, during his speech to House lawmakers, Speaker Thom Tillis (R) said he intends to protect Right to Work (for less) and to keep North Carolina the least unionized state in the United States – to great applause in a House Chamber where Republicans gained a veto-proof majority in the 2012 election.

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[…] True to his word, on the first day of business in the new legislative session, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis, along with state Reps. Tim Moffit of Buncombe county and Tom Murry from Wake, introduced one bill to put three anti-worker, anti-union amendments to our state constitution on the ballot in 2014. […]

[…] a bill to undo those hard-won victories, an act in keeping with House Speaker Thom Tillis’ promise at the start of the 2013 legislative session to keep North Carolina the least unionized state in […]

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